Julian Beck Biography (1925-1925)

Born May 31, 1925, in New York City; died September 14, 1985; son of Irving (a businessman) and Mabel Lucille (a teacher; maiden name Blum) Beck; marriedJudith Malina (a writer, actress, producer, and director) October 30, 1948.

Famous Works

portrayed in Living Theatre productions: The Regisseur, Childish Jokes, Teacher, He Who Says Yes and He Who Says No, and Young Man, Dialogue of the Young Man and the Manikin.

director, Gertrude Stein's Ladies' Voices.

designer, The 13th God, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1951.

With the Living Theatre, in New York City and Europe: producer, Dr.

Faustus Lights the Lights, Beyond the Mountains, 1951.

Desire Trapped by the Tail, Ladies' Voices, Sweeney Agonistes, Faustina,Ubu Roi, produced and appeared as Theseus, The Heroes, 1952.

Quant, The Age of Anxiety, Colonel, The Spook Sonata, Azrael, Orpheus, title role, The Idiot King, 1954.

produced, directed, and appeared as The Director, Tonight We Improvise, produced and appeared as Theramenes, Phaedra, produced and directed, The YoungDisciple, 1955.

produced, The Connection, Madrigal of War, All That Fall, Embers, Act without Words, I and II, Bertha, Theory of Comedy, Love's Labors, produced, directed, and appeared as The Director, Tonight We Improvise, produced and directed, Many Loves, The Cave at Machpelah, 1959.

produced, The Devil's Mother, Faust Foutu, The Herne's Egg, Purgatory, AFull Moon in March, produced and directed, The Marrying Woman, The Women of Trachis, produced and appeared as The Director, The Election, Shink, In the Jungle of Cities, 1960.

Produced, The Mountain Giants, produced and appeared as Peter, Many Loves, Ajax, The Apple, 1961.

produced and directed, Man Is Man, 1962.

The Brig, 1963.

co-produced, designed, The Brig, Mermaid Theatre, London, 1964.

produced and appeared with the Living Theatre at the Academy of Liberal Arts, West Berlin, Germany, 1964.

produced, Mysteries and Smaller Pieces, co-authored (with Malina) and produced, Paradise Now, produced, designed, and appeared in Frankenstein, produced and appeared as Kreon, The Antigone of Sophokles, Brooklyn Acadmey of Music, New York City, 1968.

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